# Accident 19730325013979A: Conaer LA4, Key West, FL, March 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1973
- Place: Key West, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 24.5651° N, 81.7755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key West, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5651&lon=-81.7755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N455-1977-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lake LA-4 (registry code 5110302, https://openairdocs.org/model/lake-la-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONAER LA4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,350 total, 152 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DKT78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKT78) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730325013979A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WATER RUDDER NOT EXTDD BFR LDG.NOSE AND R WING OF ACFT HIT PIER.WIND GUSTING 25K.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA73DKT78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DKT78), Mar 25, 1973: Lake LA-4 (N455), Key West, FL, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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